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Harry Dominic Chiti (born December 10, 1958, in
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) is an American former
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player,
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and
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official. In
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, he has worked as
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of the
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,
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,
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, Texas Rangers, and
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. He is a former
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in the
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. He is currently the minor league pitching coordinator for the
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.


Playing career

Dom Chiti was born in
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, the son of former major league
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Harry Chiti. An
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team member, Chiti was a second-round selection of the
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in the
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draft out of
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,
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. He started his professional career with the Kingsport Braves in 1976, and the following year he was named to the
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All-Star team as a member of Class A
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. But he suffered serious arm problems late in the 1978 season and never rose higher than the Double-A level. After leaving the Atlanta system, Chiti also played in the Orioles' organization in 1981 before retiring as a player.


Coaching career

Chiti started his coaching career in 1982 with the Texas Rangers organization. He also worked as a coach or a
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in the Baltimore and
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systems and coached in the
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in 1995 for Caribes team. Chiti returned to the Rangers in 2002. After serving as a special assistant to the
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in 2002-2003, for the next two years, he served as director of player personnel.
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marked his first season as the Rangers bullpen coach. In October 2006, the Texas Rangers signed
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as their new manager for the 2007 season. Washington kept Chiti as the bullpen coach, as well as the hitting coach
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and pitching coach Mark Connor. Former
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manager
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joined the staff as bench coach, although his contract was not renewed at the end of the disappointing 2008 season. On November 8, 2013, he was hired as bullpen coach for the Baltimore Orioles replacing interim coach Scott McGregor. Chiti left the Orioles organization in November 2016 after he did not receive a new contract from the team and was hired to join the
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front office as the Director of Pitching. According to Chiti, he reached out to Orioles executive vice president
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on multiple occasions after the season to discuss his future with the team although his calls went unreturned. In 2019, he was hired to replace Dave Trembley as Director of Player Development, but was reassigned in December of the same year. In 2020, Chiti was hired as special assistant to the general manager for the
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. During the 2021 season he was hired as the bullpen coach initially on an interim basis replacing
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who was promoted to pitching coach following Mickey Callaway's suspension due to an investigation of Callaway's alleged sexual misconduct. On June 26, 2022, during a game against the
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, Chiti was suspended by Major League Baseball for five games during a benches-clearing brawl upon holding onto a Mariners player to stop the fighting. Following the 2022 season, Chiti was reassigned within the Angels organization. Chiti was hired by the
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on December 20, 2022, to be the bullpen coach for the 2023 season. This marked the first time since 2016 where Chiti would be paired again with Buck Showalter following Showalter's hiring as the manager of the Mets before the 2022 season. On October 23, 2023, Chiti rejoined the Angels organization as their minor league pitching coordinator.


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External links


Atlanta Braves 1976 draft picksMLB.com

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